Editing David Bowie (section)

==Death==
{{main|Death of David Bowie}}
[[File:David Bowie Death New York Apartment Memorial 2016 7.JPG|thumb|alt=A woman placing a bouquet of flowers onto a swarm of other bouquets|A woman places flowers outside Bowie's apartment in New York on [[Lafayette Street]] the day after his death was announced.]]
Bowie died of [[liver cancer]] in his New York City apartment on 10&nbsp;January 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gallagher |first=Paul |title=David Bowie died from liver cancer he kept secret from all but handful of people, friend says |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/david-bowie-died-from-liver-cancer-he-kept-secret-from-all-but-handful-of-people-friend-says-a6806596.html |work=The Independent |date=11 January 2016 |access-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112001315/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/david-bowie-died-from-liver-cancer-he-kept-secret-from-all-but-handful-of-people-friend-says-a6806596.html |archive-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> He had been diagnosed 18 months earlier, but he had not made his condition public.<ref name="Reuters"/>

[[Tony Visconti]] wrote:

{{blockquote|He always did what he wanted to do. And he wanted to do it his way and he wanted to do it the best way. His death was no different from his life – a work of art. He made ''Blackstar'' for us, his parting gift. I knew for a year this was the way it would be. I wasn't, however, prepared for it. He was an extraordinary man, full of love and life. He will always be with us. For now, it is appropriate to cry.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35279642|title=David Bowie: Friends and stars pay tribute|work=BBC News|date=11 January 2016|access-date=11 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111113929/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35279642|archive-date=11 January 2016}} [https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35279642 Alt URL] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411053604/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35279642 |date=11 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Spanos|first=Brittany|title=David Bowie's Death a 'Work of Art,' Says Tony Visconti|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/david-bowies-death-a-work-of-art-says-tony-visconti-20160111|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=11 January 2016|date=11 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112054630/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/david-bowies-death-a-work-of-art-says-tony-visconti-20160111|archive-date=12 January 2016}}</ref>}}

Following Bowie's death, fans gathered at impromptu street shrines.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bowie 'died from liver cancer'|url=http://m.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11572921|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|date=14 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204123723/http://m.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11572921|archive-date=4 February 2016}}</ref> At the mural of Bowie in his birthplace of Brixton, South London, fans laid flowers and sang his songs.<ref>{{cite news|title=David Bowie fans create makeshift London shrines|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35283801|work=BBC News|date=14 January 2016|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=12 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212180957/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35283801|url-status=live}}</ref> Other memorial sites included Berlin, Los Angeles, and outside his apartment in New York.<ref>{{cite news|title=David Bowie: Brit Awards tribute for 'visionary' musician|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35289998|work=BBC News|date=14 January 2016|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=28 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128122205/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35289998|url-status=live}}</ref> After news of his death, sales of his albums and singles soared.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/13/global-streams-of-david-bowies-songs-on-spotify-soar-2822-after-his-death|title=Global streams of David Bowie's songs on Spotify soar 2,822% after his death|first=Elle|last=Hunt|work=The Guardian|date=13 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113074737/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/13/global-streams-of-david-bowies-songs-on-spotify-soar-2822-after-his-death|archive-date=13 January 2016}}</ref> Bowie had insisted that he did not want a funeral, and according to his death certificate he was cremated.<ref>{{cite news|last=Barron|first=James|author-link=James Barron (journalist)|title=David Bowie's Will Splits Estate Said to Be Worth $100 Million|work=The New York Times|date=29 January 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/30/nyregion/david-bowies-will-splits-estate-said-to-be-worth-100-million.html|access-date=30 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130075701/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/30/nyregion/david-bowies-will-splits-estate-said-to-be-worth-100-million.html|archive-date=30 January 2016}}</ref> As he wished in his will, his ashes were scattered in a Buddhist ceremony in [[Bali]].<ref name=ashes>{{cite news|last=Woolf|first=Nicky|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/29/david-bowie-will-details-millions-estate-wife-children-bali|title=David Bowie's Will Detailed, Ashes Scattered in Bali|work=The Guardian|date=29 January 2016|access-date=7 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310172033/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/01/31/david-bowie-requests-ashes-scattered-bali/79608512/|archive-date=10 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

David Bowie left an estate of around $100m to his wife, Iman, and his two children. He left $2m to his long-standing assistant Corinne Schwab and $1m to his friend Marion Skene who was the nanny to his eldest child Duncan Jones. To his daughter Alexandria he left a 25% share in the estate and a property on [[Little Tonshi Mountain]], near [[Woodstock]], New York. His son Duncan Jones, from his previous marriage to [[Angela Barnett]], also received 25%. The remaining 50% of the estate went to Iman, in addition to his other properties, including their apartment in Manhattan.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Woolf |first1=Nicky |title=David Bowie leaves estate of around $100m to his wife and children in will |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/29/david-bowie-will-details-millions-estate-wife-children-bali |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=27 February 2025 |date=30 January 2016}}</ref>